The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the sky, and by the nightly comer! 1 what do you know what the night-visitor is? 2 The very brightly shining star! 3 For every soul there is a watcher. 4 Now let man but think from what he is created! 5 He is created from a water dripping, 6 that issues from between the loins and the ribs. 7 Now, verily, He [who thus creates man in the first instance] is well able to bring him back [to life] 8 upon the day when the secrets are tried, 9 he will have no power, nor anyone to help him. 10 By the heaven with its recurring cycle of rain, 11 and the earth, bursting forth with plants! 12 Verily! This (the Quran) is the Word that separates (the truth from falsehood, and commands strict legal laws for mankind to cut the roots of evil). 13 It is no pleasantry. 14 As for them, they are but plotting a scheme, 15 and I am devising guile. 16 So grant the unbelievers a respite: let them alone for a while. 17